An ecological cost of plant defence: Attractiveness of bitter cucumber plants to natural enemies of herbivores

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 377-385

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Janssen, Arne ^b   Bruin, Jan ^b   Posthumus, Maarten A ^c   Sabelis, Maurice W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acari; Cucurbitacins; Indirect defence; Induced plant volatiles; Phytoseiidae; Plant insect interactions; Sequestration; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; INSECTA; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 0036098632     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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